The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-23


had cared. after all, and vet You went
out again 50 soon he said, doubtfully.
And could help that - The girl
clasped her hands and looked steadily at
him with great Sorrowful eyes. You
were always with your books and could
! bear To live alone in those rooms, where
every chair that her hands had touched,
every picture that her eyes had seen,
spoke 20 me of my lost darling No
would 90 to dances, theatres, anywhere
she had never been, and therefore could
not haunt me"
You might have come 10 me"
To YOU 27 The dreary little laugh
with which she echoed his words was not
good to hear You had your work
You had never asked me TO 20 to the Ii
brary YOU had always left me alone.
Challoner's fIce had grown very white.
Madge7 he said solemnly, God Is my
witness that if / nave wronged YOU, it
was through a mistaken love. and not
through carelessness. When we-mar-
ried 1.-THE loving stress lac laid upon the
word was not Lost upon the girl, although
her face was turned from him, Sarah i'm
pressed upon me that if pursued plan
] had already suggested 10 her, and ask
YOU to act a my secretary, | should be
dealing unfairly in letting youspend your
youth and spirits on me and on my work
instead ofon the amusements and society
life which was naturally 10 your age"
His very anxiety was making him
speak in A stiff unusual fashion. but the
little clasped hands moved restlessly at
his words should loved the work. -
The murmur was too soft for the other
10 catch, and me went on slowly Right
ly or wrongly, I believed her | said TO
myself: You are a poor man, and must
work hard but however great the strain
may be, 1t must never touch your wife.
If YOU cannot take her out yourself, let
your cousin 10 50 in your stead, Let
Don't talk like thst-dou't talk like
that :" Madge had risen To her feet. and
the words came with an irrepressible
sob. She waited a full minute. and then
added It makes one wish that things
had been ditferent-almost.
When Challoner spoke again it was af-
ter long pause. When did you cut
this curl?''
On your birthday" said Nadge, with
an effort to speak easily " brought her
into your room. and she was dressed all
in white"
e. thought II was blue"
No. John all in white, with coral
beads
All, ves, to be sure, remember
The young rogue broke the string, and
you were 50 proud Of her strength that
you would not have it mended," and
Chailoner actually laughed at tine re
memhranee ofthe scene.
You took her in your arms, went on
Madge bravely, and kissed this very
curl, and then you gave her back to me,
and said
She broke off suddenly but though
ChaIloner's face was flaming as hotly a.
her own. he went on steadily said.
God bless my wife and child, and spare
them to me for many, many years.
But baby died in the Autumn, and"
In the intense stiffness Of the little
room John Challoner finished her sen
tence. And YOU are leaving me- he
said, hoarsely. All, Madge for baby :
sake, give me halfthat curl"
Her gloves We're of, and "a she silently
leaned forward to loosen the silk that
held the pretty hair. their hands touch
ed She drew back for a moment, look
ing at him piteou-ly. and the next, with
a long sobbing cry, she fell forward into
his outstretched arms
1t was r trying night for many people
at the little snow-bound station. The
men worked hard to clear the lines. but
it was only when the first gray gieam of
light was stealing over the darkened
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from, their tvo several misrsE,-.-fr,m
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could follow two distinct and ~-ptrlte.
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in dr,wipo nearer to each other. one and
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gr,veIv and nanitenrIv - beraroe two
.ouIs in whom fresh homes were snrincipg
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